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Take Thainess with a grain of salt
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 19/01/2015
» The main intersections of downtown Bangkok were once again closed to traffic and packed with crowds last week, but it had nothing to do with political protests. We were just being encouraged by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to "discover" our "Thainess" with an elaborate procession of decorated floats replete with dancers and literary tableaux.
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What we can learn from Clarkson catastrophe
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 30/03/2015
» I am heartbroken.
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The dying art of courtesy
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 12/10/2015
» Isn't it strange that the careers we once idolised when we were young have somehow lost their aura now.
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Real lives and dream girls
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 13/10/2014
» Last week's Bangkok Post Forum, titled "Economic Reform: How Will It Be Achieved", provided me with a rare opportunity to get together with some old friends over dinner. And although the gathering was made up mostly of business people who are interested in what direction Thailand is heading in the next year or so, and how our tax reforms and drought solutions and public transport expansions are going to be implemented, my attention was directed at a certain member of academia who for me encompasses all that is admirable about womanhood.
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When less is more
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 07/07/2014
» I’m afraid I’m going to bore you once again with my tales of moving house. I don’t do this very often — move house, I mean.
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Luck is created, not found
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/07/2014
» My daily morning browse through Facebook turned up a post related to a media report in China that named Thailand the luckiest country in the world. The reasons for the Thai smile are, briefly, as follows:
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What's wrong with using textbooks?
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/02/2014
» The end of the school year is fast approaching, and not long after that the next cycle will begin again.
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Setting the scene for summer
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/03/2014
» When the golden shower trees and the yellow and pink trumpet trees start to flower profusely, you know summer is coming in Thailand. They can be considered the Thai version of Japan’s cherry blossoms, the only difference being that there is nowhere in Bangkok where they grow together in a floral landscape worthy of selfie indulgence.
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An apocalyptic state of mind
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 25/11/2013
» I'm in one of those deep, dark places at the moment.
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Pump it up
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 23/09/2013
» Sometimes, when you think you've been there, done that, and nothing can surprise you any more, you are exposed to a totally new experience that gets you wide-eyed all over again.
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